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| RESPOND: (10 minutes) Ask students to take a minute or two of silence and think of some people who need someone to intercede (pray) for them. Pass out 3 x 5 cards and pencils or pens and ask the students to write down the names of those persons, then give them a few minutes to intercede to God on those persons’ behalf. End the session with a closing prayer—and remember to pray for each student. Ask the students to take the cards home and pray for the people on the card each day of the following week. INSIGHTS FROM THE SCRIPTURE: Three months after the Israelites left Egypt, they arrived at Mt. Sinai, in the Sinai Wilderness. God spoke with Moses on the mountain, and when he went down, he sanctified the people and they washed their clothes. Three days later they left camp and went to the foot of the mountain, where they trembled at the awesome signs of God’s descent to the earth. The mountain was covered in a thick cloud with lightning, thunder, and loud trumpet blasts. Moses briefly met with God on the mountain, and then came down to give them the Ten Commandments. The people were so afraid that they asked Moses to speak to God for them so that they wouldn’t have to hear God’s voice, lest they die. (Exodus 19 & 20) Moses went to receive more instructions from God for the people. When he returned, he told them what God had told him. The people all agreed that they would do all that the Lord said. They offered burnt sacrifices and Moses sprinkled blood on the altar and on the people as a sign of the covenant that God was making with them. Moses and many of the elders of Israel went close and actually saw some kind of manifestation of God and had a feast. Continued |
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